How About the Movie "Phenomenon" & WB6QLF
Jim Lowman
Jim Martin (jjma...@shore.net) wrote:
: Anybody seen the movie yet? I thought it was good. Not excellent but
: good. Anyone notice that WB6QLF (in the movie) who the callbook shows
: as Charles Roblin of Ventura, CA. was calling, "CQ CQ" on voice in the
: 30 meter band, (10.130 something)? And that the morse code signal
: that the main character was supposedly copying (in his head) at high
: speed was actually a RTTY and a PACTOR signal?
I suppose a ham would take notice - especially since voice is *not* a
permitted mode on 30 meters.
Someone must have had a sense of humor. QLF is a pseudo-Q-signal for "try
sending with your left foot." :-)
73 de Jim - KF6CR
Jim Martin
Anybody seen the movie yet? I thought it was good. Not excellent but
good. Anyone notice that WB6QLF (in the movie) who the callbook shows
as Charles Roblin of Ventura, CA. was calling, "CQ CQ" on voice in the
30 meter band, (10.130 something)? And that the morse code signal
that the main character was supposedly copying (in his head) at high
speed was actually a RTTY and a PACTOR signal?
Only a ham would notice something like this...well almost only a ham,
there are SWLs and a few other hobby types too.
===========================================
cheers! Jim Martin, wk1v
Lowell, Mass, U.S.A.
http://www.shore.net/~jjmartin/jjm.htm
Jim Martin
jlo...@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) wrote:
>Jim Martin (jjma...@shore.net) wrote:
>: Anybody seen the movie yet? I thought it was good. Not excellent but
>: good. Anyone notice that WB6QLF (in the movie) who the callbook shows
>: as Charles Roblin of Ventura, CA. was calling, "CQ CQ" on voice in the
>: 30 meter band, (10.130 something)? And that the morse code signal
>: that the main character was supposedly copying (in his head) at high
>: speed was actually a RTTY and a PACTOR signal?
>I suppose a ham would take notice - especially since voice is *not* a
>permitted mode on 30 meters.
No offense Jim, but duhuhhhhhhh! hehehe. That's why it was mentioned
in the first place.
>Someone must have had a sense of humor. QLF is a pseudo-Q-signal for "try
>sending with your left foot." :-)
Which is true Jim, and that is the first thing I thought of. But then
I looked it up in the callbook and it is a real issued
callsign...probably of one of the set crew members. Their technical
assistance could have used a tiny bit of help though. I bet no one on
the set ever thought of the "try sending with your left foot" Q
signal.
John Reed
Jim Lowman wrote:
>
> Jim Martin (jjma...@shore.net) wrote:
> : Anybody seen the movie yet? I thought it was good. Not excellent but
> : good. Anyone notice that WB6QLF (in the movie) who the callbook shows
> : as Charles Roblin of Ventura, CA. was calling, "CQ CQ" on voice in the
> : 30 meter band, (10.130 something)? And that the morse code signal
> : that the main character was supposedly copying (in his head) at high
> : speed was actually a RTTY and a PACTOR signal?
>
> I suppose a ham would take notice - especially since voice is *not* a
> permitted mode on 30 meters.
>
> sending with your left foot." :-)
>
I noticed that, too. Although I didn't take much notice to the fact
that they were on 30m. But, now that you mention it, "HEY, THEY CAN'T
DO THAT!!!"
But, sure enough, I went home and looked up WB6QLF. I wonder if he is
going to talk to the studio for using his call and make some royalties!
John
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Michael Herring
Jim Martin wrote:
>
> Anybody seen the movie yet? I thought it was good. Not excellent but
> good. Anyone notice that WB6QLF (in the movie) who the callbook shows
> as Charles Roblin of Ventura, CA. was calling, "CQ CQ" on voice in the
> 30 meter band, (10.130 something)? And that the morse code signal
> that the main character was supposedly copying (in his head) at high
> speed was actually a RTTY and a PACTOR signal?
>
> there are SWLs and a few other hobby types too.
> cheers! Jim Martin, wk1v
> Lowell, Mass, U.S.A.
> http://www.shore.net/~jjmartin/jjm.htm
73
Mike
Karl Beckman
Well, somebody on the backstage crew must be a long-time CW buff, because
"QLF" is the pseudo-signal for "try sending with your LEFT foot, stupid!
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Ken Gunton
jjma...@shore.net (Jim Martin) wrote:
>>jlo...@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) wrote:
>>
>>>Jim Martin (jjma...@shore.net) wrote:
>>>: Anybody seen the movie yet? I thought it was good. Not excellent but
>>>: good. Anyone notice that WB6QLF (in the movie) who the callbook shows
>>>: as Charles Roblin of Ventura, CA. was calling, "CQ CQ" on voice in the
>>>: 30 meter band, (10.130 something)? And that the morse code signal
>>>: that the main character was supposedly copying (in his head) at high
>>>: speed was actually a RTTY and a PACTOR signal?
>>
>>>I suppose a ham would take notice - especially since voice is *not* a
>>>permitted mode on 30 meters.
>>
>>No offense Jim, but duhuhhhhhhh! hehehe. That's why it was mentioned
>>in the first place.
>>
>>>Someone must have had a sense of humor. QLF is a pseudo-Q-signal for "try
>>>sending with your left foot." :-)
>>
>>Which is true Jim, and that is the first thing I thought of. But then
>>I looked it up in the callbook and it is a real issued
>>callsign...probably of one of the set crew members. Their technical
>>assistance could have used a tiny bit of help though. I bet no one on
>>the set ever thought of the "try sending with your left foot" Q
>>signal.
>>
>>
>>
>>===========================================
>>cheers! Jim Martin, wk1v
>>Lowell, Mass, U.S.A.
>>http://www.shore.net/~jjmartin/jjm.htm
>>
Too bad they got my call wrong.
Ken Gunton
WB6QWF
Ken Gunton WB6QWF TL Distributing - Microwave and RF Components
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Jim Martin
John Reed <jr...@ilinks.net> wrote:
>But, sure enough, I went home and looked up WB6QLF. I wonder if he is
>going to talk to the studio for using his call and make some royalties!
I bet he is a member of the movie crew.
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
-Pablo Picasso
Stephan M. Anderman
What's most puzzling is that, according to "The ARRL Letter" on 7/12/96, a
member of the Hq. staff served as a consultant for the movie. I too noticed
that is was some type of data mode signal (not Morse) that Travolta was
copying in his head (and noted that to my YL) and that they were operating
voice mode on 30 meters, a band reserved for Morse and data. I have to wonder
how thoroughly the amateur station sequences were thought out. Certainly
could have been just as easy to find a high speed morse station and to show
a digital display on 40, 20, or 17 meters for the voice "CQ"....
Just some more mind candy....
73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB
Stillwater, NY
sand...@delphi.com